In the anti-surface role, the Millennium Gun is a fast and powerful effector. The weapon system is designed to engage multiple high-speed asymmetric surface targets (swarm attack) against threats from multiple fast intruder attack ships.
ONE SYSTEM FOR CONVENTIONAL AND ASYMMETRIC THREAT ENVIRONMENTS Air Defence Capabilities • Anti-ship missiles • Attack aircraft and helicopters • Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) • Low, slow and small air targets (LSS) The Oerlikon Millennium Gun including Oerlikon Ahead ammunition is the only gun in its calibre range designed to exceed US Navy’s defensive limits against littoral threats for countering a multi-axis threat from multiple fast-intruder attack craft (FIAC).
35MM AMMUNITION TECHNOLOGY The capability for effective protection against conventional and asymmetric threats in maritime conflict scenarios is based on optimised interaction between the high performance Millennium Gun system together with superior 35mm ammunition. The Millennium Gun is designed to fire the programmable Oerlikon Ahead rounds and non-programmable rounds such as HEI-T and TP-T.
OERLIKON AHEAD® AMMUNITION Each Ahead round is designed to dispense 152x3.3g tungsten alloy heavy metal sub-projectiles that form a spin-stabilized, cone shaped dense cloud, which effectively penetrates and destroys the threat.
MAIN FEATURES AND TECHNICAL DATA Gun Mount in Basic Configuration Weight on deck: 2,970 kg Swept radius (barrel 0°): 3,950 mm Training arc: n x 360° Elevation arc: -15° to +85° Training speed: 120°/s Elevation speed: 100°/s
Oerlikon Revolver Cannon® Calibre: 35mmx228 Nominal rate of fire (burst): 1,000rds/min Rapid single shot: 200rds/min Mean muzzle velocity depending on ammunition type: 1,050m/s to 1,175m/s
Ammunition Programmable (NATO KETF): Ahead Standard full-calibre: HEI, HEI-T, TP, TP-T Rounds ready to fire: up to 252